MLB Report for Sept. 28

Tuesday

Sep 29, 2009 at 12:01 AMSep 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM

Red Sox lose fourth straight

Blue Jays 11, Red Sox 5 Toronto took advantage of Josh Beckett being scratched from his scheduled start by scoring seven runs off substitute Michael Bowden to beat host Boston in a game that was called in the seventh inning because of rain. It was the fourth straight loss for Boston, which could have clinched the AL wild card with a victory and a Texas loss to Los Angeles later Monday.

Braves 4, Marlins 0 Jair Jurrjens pitched seven outstanding innings, Chipper Jones homered and host Atlanta won for the 15th time in 17 games, a stretch that has lifted them into playoff contention with less than a week to go in the regular season. The Braves closed within two games of idle Colorado in the NL wild-card race with six remaining. Atlanta won its seventh straight, matching a season high.

Other National League games

Nationals 2, Mets 1 Mike Morse homered for the third straight game and Ross Detwiler earned his first career win for host Washington.

Astros 8, Phillies 2 Yorman Bazardo pitched 52⁄3 effective innings against the team that cut him in spring training and helped prevent host Philadelphia from reducing its magic number.

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